The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18
HOAXING NEWSPAPERS.
Some of the Jokes That Have Passet
Into History,

'0OAA0 VI UAe Jokes That Have Passed
Into History,
NEW YORK, April 16.-The recent hoax
whereby the Erening Sun, of New York,
was lured INTO printing an acrostic that was
exTemely uncomplimentary to Mr.. Dana,
recalls a number of such jokes which have
passed INTO newspaper history. Many an
ellUor has been vtctimized by communica-
ions ions which he did not know were loaded.
MOST OF these have been coarse, many OBJ
scene, and a few really witty. The pelpe-
iavorS OF these acts are seldom detected,
suog9n extraordinary efforts have been
maze LII many cases. About a century ago.
however woman in Germany was con
slcUed OF having changed a sentence ad-
dressed 70 Eve, in Genesis, in which man is
sPohen OF as lord of the woman, "And he
s1"n De thy lord" This passage she made
lead, ny changing the word "herr'' to
naIT' And he shall be thy fool.n AS
II uIGek OF old was tired of hearing Arts
a1eS called the just, so this German woman
was tired Of hearing man Landed as the
superior OF woman. The authorities were
~ . uoiIlfed at her revised edition of Genesis
tlat she was hanged.
"Vtiieviile 9 newspapers play hoaxeS on one
r rrutner. Two Troy papers were sharp
| =. as ana one year ago had special edition
W vi one copy delivered at the door of the
I yIer containing the most startling canards
r raSY WaSglsh city editors and fertile minded
ii oI could invent. The victim swal-
r,,I WI vhe oalt, hook and all, and came out
dsa Ji en extra, wild faring headlines and
dsSth Paeue, pestilence and famine,
or Stn ana destruction right and left in
ttLSsry Inc. When the truth was discovered
vue Editors Of the ente1prising Trojan paDers
for iuduy 10 seek carefully and with tears
dow eiiiall hole giving immediate access
III through to China. The New York
gsL "''e was once badly deceived by a wao-
SSaHy correspondent in Ireland. He sent a
IN Ieu ana very readable account of bat
s,,, ~ ~ ireland. The CORY field bore the
To tb'iIlc IatnI name Of Slievenagamon. No
tbrs. D Iu mad ever been fought. 1t was
and tIayS before the hoax was discovered.
Trjb,olneh the windows ratified in the
ara ro'., oillce English newspaper men
ri perhaps more inclined TO FRANKS
AM ms sort than their brethren i'm
r %,,o1 The story is told of some Parlia-
eaia'.,.y reporters who devised a plan for
tIs 2yulS little recreation and vet COVERING
d9,arn, LIN YIN allotted to them. Some half q
ben 81 VI more agreed that one of the mum.
Hon o9ld report the proceedings of the
be N, VI commons and the rest should Conn
dov aug -u5l ieS TO some summer resort every
takeiTa lIlFe dull care away. Each was to
lery ~ ~ .ulll Tor day in the reporters gal
EDol,,.ilH ne pan worked we'll for some time.
,gs, '11i ll was kept advised of what her am
en- lSlators were doing and The renortor,s
town pastoral scenes fur from London
out tb, Luch night they returned and wrote
Nom. w. proceedings Of the House of Com
wbolil iYlli the manuscript of the Journalist
But n 1, ~, uone sweating duty during the day.
poft.. , =, III was brewing. A little Irish re-
ohsrr.1, sfaceless wing, on one Of the more
his t,r, london papers, was LETT to take
beerLof,. ana he played trick on tho
and s',. iul1ied sciibes which startled
grays '''l'ed al London In the middle of "A
chem ieech by the Chancellor of the Elk
O for.1I On the finances lac had interpolated
gtata',,.' eluogy on the Irish potato. The
fusn,'h was mado 10 suddenly drop
reloyan,a',' iu budgets and with eccentric In.
the uo,, Dleak INTO glowing tribute 10
fight gil'2 Of old Erin, his cloud-clearinr
10 u., ,..I'lh8 something like this. "Aud II
tlfuiG tDtlhi hir speaker, had been boun.
kpenC,. t on ihat lifegiYng vegetable. Mr.
ma nv shpuil now BE- strong and lustg
l.ilis i'al OF tho niinfnble shriyeied ~
hoiusgy ,s ihht You PEG before YOU This
Don -. pl1taied 10 one ~ tie leading l.0n.
tai..rils.iA ~ broke np the excursions. Tho
ttir.s FieW purple Ia tlln iann ~ pro-
beta ~ Nlna mndn t0 talk lila "a lu
ilFo,f.g., h4minhHi d rommlibn az
'''ii pul lhe invest aatou lbem